Queen of Your Own Life : The Grown-up Woman's Guide to Claiming Happiness and Getting the Life You Deserve

by Ratzlaff, Cindy; Kinney, Kathy

• ISBN13: 9780373892150
• ISBN10: 0373892152
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-03-30
• Publisher: Harlequin

Summary

Queen of Your Own Life is a philosophy, a decision and an invitation to happiness for women who have made the tough but rewarding journey to the midpoint in their lives. Kathy Kinney (best known as Mimi on The Drew Carey Show) and Cindy Ratzlaff (marketing genius behind the launch of The South Beach Diet) have been best friends for more than thirty years, and have helped each other navigate the ups and downs of their lives with humor and grace. In this entertaining and inspiring book, they share the tried-and-true techniques they call "the seven best gifts a woman can give herself." They reveal how they learned to value themselves just the way they are - women in full bloom, sensual, vibrant, wise and more beautiful than ever - and they'll show you how you can, too. With these seven gifts you'll discover how to: Claim your beauty and feel your power · Clean your mental closet and find your queen voice · Admire yourself for who you've become; Build deep, fulfilling friendships with other women; Establish firm boundaries that will strengthen all your relationships Learn the simple trick to finally being happy. Place the crown firmly on your head With humor, comfort and inspiration, Queen of Your Own Life offers easy step-by-step actions to blast away at the societal tall tale that young is beautiful and old is just old. If you've been feeling that the best part of your life may be behind you, then this book will prove to you just how untrue that is, and that the door to being happy is not only never closed, but just waiting for you to fling it open. Remember, you don't have to be twenty to have your whole life ahead of you. Now is the time to become Queen of Your Own Life!

Author Biography

Kathy Kinney is best known for her iconic role as Mimi Bobeck on The Drew Carey Show. She has acted in over a dozen films, guest-starred on numerous television shows and has toured worldwide with Drew Carey and the Improv All-Stars. Kathy may also be seen in the title role of Mrs. P at www.mrsp.com, a Web site for children aimed at keeping alive the joy of books and reading.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xi
The Awakening
Why We Wrote the Book	p. 1
Claim Your Beauty and Feel Your Power
How to Banish Your Inner Crone	p. 2
Clean Your Mental Closet and Find Your Queen Voice
Battling the Mongol Horde	p. 33
Admire Yourself For Who You've Become
Your Windy Mountain Moment	p. 51
Build Deep, Fulfilling Friendships with Other Women
Choosing Your Court	p. 71
Establish Firm Boundaries that Will Strengthen all Your Relationships
The Huns Are at the Border	p. 97
Discover the Simple Trick to Finally Being Happy
It's Time to Poop or Get Off the Pot	p. 123
Proclaim Yourself Queen of Your Own Life
The Crowning Ceremony	p. 145
Epilogue Okay, I'm Queen of My Own Life
Now What Can I Do?	p. 165
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Excerpts

Welcome to the second half of your life, or what we believe can be the best half of your life!

Queen of Your Own Life is a philosophy, a decision and an invitation to happiness for women who have made the tough but rewarding journey to the midpoint in their lives. We're excited to be your guides on this next big adventure.

With humor and common sense we will offer you our tried-and-true actions to blast away at the societal tall tale that young is beautiful and old is just old. With our seven simple steps we will help you let go of the negative thoughts that keep you from fully admiring and accepting yourself just the way you are—a woman in full bloom, valuable, sensual, vibrant, wise and more beautiful than ever.

Every significant stage of life is marked by a celebration or ritual—birth, graduation, marriage, even death—yet we have nothing to mark the momentous accomplishment of reaching midlife. That is, unless you count the horrible tradition of over-the-hill birthday parties, complete with black balloons, coffin-shaped cakes and gift bags filled with incontinence supplies. Yuck. That's the "celebration" society sets up for women as we reach midlife? After you follow our easy, straightforward guidelines to claiming your crown, we'll help you plan one hell of a kick-ass Crowning Ceremony, filled with laughter and good friends, that will mark your transition into the glorious second half of your life.

If you have been feeling that the best part of your life is past, then this book will prove to you that there is always something more and that the door to being happy is not only never closed but is just waiting for you to fl ing it open. Remember, you don't have to be twenty to have your whole life ahead of you.

So, let's get going. It's time to become Queen of Your Own Life—if not now, when?